Alek Thomas #5

Signed by D-backs as a second-round selection in First-Year Player Draft (June 12, 2018) \[signed by: Nate Birtwell\]...Selected to play in the annual Double Duty Classic hosted by the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, an event which celebrates the history and traditions of Negro League Baseball and showcases the next generation of innercity baseball players.

2021

Named the D-backs' Minor League Player of the Year and named to MLB Pipeline's First-Team "Prospect Team of the Year" after hitting .313 (136-for435)/.953 OPS with 29 doubles, 12 triples, 18 home runs and 59 RBI over 106 games with Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno...Ranked second among all Minor Leaguers in triples…led all D-backs' farmhands in hits, triples, extra-base hits (59), total bases (243) and runs (86)...Following his promotion to Reno on Aug. 16, finished Top 10 in Triple-A in total bases (1st, 98), hits (2nd, 55), extra-base hits (T-2nd, 23), triples (T-2nd, 4), average (3rd, .369), OPS (3rd, 1.092), slugging (4th, .658) and OBP (7th, .434)...Collected a season-high 4 hits on 4 occasions… finished the season on a 13-game hitting streak (.466; 27-for-58)...Began the year rated by MLB.com as the D-backs' No. 4 prospect and No. 5 by Baseball America…also cited by Baseball America as the fifth-best prospect in Triple-A West after the season.

2020

Spent the entire season at the D-backs' Alternate Site…also participated in Arizona's fall Instructional League.

2019

 Hit .300 with 23 doubles, seven triples, 10 home runs, 55 RBI and 15 stolen bases over 114 games with Single-A Kane County and Single-A Adv. Visalia...Named Midwest League Player of the Week for July 1-7 (.500; 10-for-23)…notched a season-high 5 hits on July 2 @ Peoria and hit for the cycle on July 3 @ Peoria...Named to Baseball America's Low-A All-Star Team and a Midwest League mid-and postseason All-Star...Entered the season as the D-backs No. 7 prospect by MLB.com and No. 8 by Baseball America…named as the ML's Best Defensive Outfielder following the season.